Petrocephalus catostoma

Petrocephalus catostoma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Osteoglossiformes

Familia: Mormyridae
Genus: Petrocephalus
Species: Petrocephalus catostoma

Name

• Petrocephalus catostoma (Günther, 1866)

Lectotype: BMNH 1863.10.12.4 (Lectotype designated by Whitehead & Greenwood (1959)). Paralectotypes: BMNH 1863.10.12.5-6 (4).

Type locality: Eastern Africa [Tanzania/Mozambique]], Rovuma [Ruvuma] River.[1]

Synonyms

• Mormyrus catostoma Günther, 1866
• Petrocephalus catostoma catostoma Whitehead & Greenwood, 1959

References

• Günther, A.; 1866: Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: 1–368.
• Kramer, B., Bills, R., Skelton, P. & Wink, M.; 2012: A critical revision of the churchill snoutfish, genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Mormyridae), from southern and eastern Africa, with the recognition of Petrocephalus tanensis, and the description of five new species. Journal of Natural History, 46 (35-36): 2179–2258. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.708452
• Whitehead, P. J. P. & Greenwood, P. H.; 1959: Mormyrid fishes of the genus Petrocephalus in Eastern Africa with a redescription of Petrocephalus gliroides (Vinc.). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 60 (3-4): 283–295.